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Galen was born in Pergamos in Asia Minor in the year 131 C.E. After receiving medical training in Smyrna and Alexandria, he gained fame as a surgeon to the gladiators of Pergamos. He was eventually summoned to Rome to be the physician of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_galen.html
www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_galen.html
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Galen Institute Event ... The Galen Institute, Inc., is a not-for-profit, free-market research organization devoted exclusively to health policy, promoting a more informed public debate over individual freedom, consumer choice, competition and diversity in the health sector.
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www.galen.org/
www.galen.org/
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Before Galen's Time ... Claudius Galen was a second century physiologist, philosopher, and writer who is often considered the most important contributor to medicine following Hippocrates. ... Even though Galen is fairly well known, his fame does not compare to that of Hippocrates, so Galen's reputation and work are...
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www.udayton.edu/~hume/Galen/galen.htm
www.udayton.edu/~hume/Galen/galen.htm
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If the work of Hippocrates represents the foundation of Greek medicine, then the work of Galen, who lived six centuries later, is the apex of that tradition. Galen crystallised the best work of the Greek medical schools which had preceded his time.
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www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/artifacts/antiqua/galen...
www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/artifacts/antiqua/galen.cfm
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11-17-2009 ... GALEN UCSF DIGITAL LIBRARY ... GALEN Accounts...
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Claudius Galen was a Greek physician who went to Rome and revived the ideas of Hippocrates and other Greek doctors. The Romans had shown little interest in the work of Hippocrates and it took Galen to push it forward in Rome. ... Galen was born in 131 AD. He was a gifted intellect who studied at the famous medical school...
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www.historylearningsite.co.uk/claudius_galen.htm
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/claudius_galen.htm
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WHO WAS CLAUDIUS GALEN? ... WHAT DID GALEN DO? ... Galen died in the year 20...
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www.zephyrus.co.uk/galen.html
www.zephyrus.co.uk/galen.html
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